Month: November 2019

The 25 Best Rap Albums of 2019

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By Andrew Buckner

25. Put a Crown on It – Rittz
24. Yuck! – Anoyd, Statik Selektah
23. Ga$ Money – Lyric Jones
22. S.P. The Goat: Ghost of all Time – Styles P
21. Trunk Muzik 3 – Yelawolf
20. Igor –Tyler, the Creator
19. The Fifth – Obie Trice
18. W.W.C.D. – Griselda
17. Sincerely, Detroit – Apollo Brown
16. The Bando Theory – Kuniva
15. Demons – Madchild
14. Under Bad Influence – Ubi
13. N9na – Tech N9ne
12. Vernia – Erick Sermon
11. Street Urchin 2 – Sean Strange
10. Out to Sea – Chris Orrick
9. Ghetto Cowboy – Yelawolf
8. Born 2 Rap – The Game
7. Practice Makes Paper – E40
6. Let Love – Common
5. The Lost Tapes 2 – Nas
4. Chamber No. 9 – Inspectah Deck
3. Czarface Meets Ghostface – Czarface, Ghostface Killah
2. Ghostface Killahs – Ghostface Killah
1. I Read That I Was Dead – Chris Orrick, The Lasso

Andrew Buckner’s 75 Favorite Films of 2019

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*Please note: All films included in this list are based on a 2019 U.S. release date.

1. Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood
Director: Quentin Tarantino.

2. They Shall Not Grow Old
Director: Peter Jackson.

3. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Director: Joe Talbot.

4. The Irishman
Director: Martin Scorsese.

5. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Director: Marielle Heller.

6. Doctor Sleep
Director: Michael Flanagan.

7. Memory: The Origins of Alien
Director: Alexandre O. Phillipe.

8. The Image Book
Director: Jean-Luc Godard.

9. Never Look Away
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

10. Ad Astra
Director: James Gray

11. Us
Director: Jordan Peele.

12. Hail Satan?
Director: Penny Lane

13. Apollo 11
Director: Todd Douglas Miller.

14. Non-Fiction
Director: Olivier Assayas.

15. Birds of Passage
Directors: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra.

16. Climax
Director: Gaspar Noe.

17. Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Director: Barry Avrich.

18. High Life
Director: Claire Denis.

19. American Factory
Directors: Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar.

20. One Child Nation
Directors: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang.

21. The Souvenir
Director: Joanna Hogg.

22. The Farewell
Director: Lulu Wang.

23. The Nightingale
Director: Jennifer Kent.

24. Dolemite is My Name
Director: Craig Brewer

25. Cold Case Hammarskjold
Director: Mads Brugger.

26. We Believe in Dinosaurs
Directors: Monica Long Ross, Clayton Brown.

27. Meeting Gorbachev
Directors: Werner Herzog, Andre Singer.

28. Transit
Director: Christian Petzold.

29. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor

30. Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made
Directors: David Amito, Michael Laicini.

31. Luz
Director: Tilman Singer.

32. Bliss
Director: Joe Begos.

33. The Dead Don’t Die
Director: Jim Jarmusch.

34. Midsommar
Director: Ari Aster.

35. Velvet Buzzsaw
Director: Dan Gilroy.

36. Shadow
Director: Yimou Zhang.

37. Aniara
Directors: Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja.

38. Booksmart
Director: Olivia Wilde.

39. Empathy, Inc.
Director: Yedidya Gorsetman.

40. The Nightshifter
Director: Dennison Ramalho.

41. The Head Hunter
Director: Jordan Downey.

42. Knock Down the House
Director: Rachel Lears.

43. Harriet
Director: Kasi Lemmons

44. Her Smell
Director: Alex Ross Perry.

45. Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken
Director: Morgan Spurlock.

46. Art of the Dead
Director: Rolfe Kanefsky.

47. Tennessee Gothic
Director: Jeff Wedding.

48. The Mustang
Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre.

49. Little Woods
Director: Nia DaCosta.

50. Tolkien
Director: Dome Karukoski.

51. Knife+Heart
Director: Yann Gonzalez.

52. 10/31 Part 2
Directors: Breet DeJager, Zane Hershberger, Jennifer Nangle, Tory van Buskirk, Stephen Wolfe.

53. Vault
Director: Tom DeNucci.

54. In the Tall Grass
Director: Vincenzo Natali.

55. 3 from Hell
Director: Rob Zombie.

56. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Director: Andre Ovredal.

57. It Chapter Two
Director: Andy Muschietti.

58. The Prodigy
Director: Nicholas McCarthy.

59. Charlie Says
Director: Mary Harron.

60. Child’s Play
Director: Lars Klevberg.

61. Depraved
Director: Larry Fessenden.

62. I Trapped the Devil
Director: Josh Lobo.

63. Hagazussa
Director: Lukas Feigelfeld.

64. The Wind
Director: Emma Tammi.

65. Rust Creek
Director: Jen McGowan.

66. The Girl on the Third Floor
Director: Travis Stevens.

67. Satanic Panic
Director: Chelsea Stardust.

68. The Furies
Director: Tony D’Aquino.

69. Crawl
Director: Alexandre Aja.

70. Dragged Across Concrete
Director: S. Craig Zahler.

71. The Peanut Butter Falcon
Directors: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz.

72. Glass
Director: M. Night Shyamalan.

73. The Beach Bum
Director: Harmony Korine.

74. The Lake Vampire
Director: Carl Zitelmann.

75. The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
Director: Henry Dunham.

 

The Fifty-Five Greatest Films of the 2010s

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By Andrew Buckner

The 2010s have been a terrific decade for films of all genres. Blockbusters. Award-winning dramas and critically acclaimed documentaries. Thought-provoking and spine-tingling horror films. They can all be found here in my list of the fifty-five greatest films from 2010-2019.

55. Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe.

54. Bridge of Spies (2015)
Director: Steven Spielberg.

53. Blue Valentine (2010)
Director: Derek Cianfrance.

52. Pasolini (2014)
Director: Abel Ferrara.

51. Drive (2011)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn.

50. Shame (2011)
Director: Steve McQueen.

49. Cosmopolis (2012)
Director: David Cronenberg.

48. Love (2015)
Director: Gaspar Noe.

47. Long Night in a Dead City (2017)
Director: Richard Griffin.

46. The Neon Demon (2016)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

45. Annihilation (2018)
Director: Alex Garland.

44. The Witch (2015)
Director: Robert Eggers.

43. The Babadook (2014)
Director: Jennifer Kent

42. Bodied (2017)
Director: Joseph Kahn.

41. Super 8 (2011)
Director: J.J. Abrams.

40. Ad Astra (2019)
Director: James Gray.

39. The Handmaiden (2016)
Director: Chan-wook Park.

38. The Post (2017)
Director: Steven Spielberg.

37. Crimson Peak (2015)
Director: Guillermo del Toro.

36. The Hateful Eight (2015)
Director: Quentin Tarantino.

35. Capernaum (2018)
Director: Nadine Labaki.

34. Filmworker (2017)
Director: Tony Zierra.

33. Us (2019)
Director: Jordan Peele.

32. The House That Jack Built (2018)
Director: Lars von Trier.

31. Boyhood (2014)
Director: Richard Linklater.

30. The Black Swan (2010)
Director: Darren Aronofsky.

29. The Artist (2011)
Director: Michel Hazanavicius.

28. The King’s Speech (2010)
Director: Tom Hooper.

27. Moonlight (2016)
Director: Barry Jenkins.

26. Django Unchained (2012)
Director: Quentin Tarantino.

25. Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Director: Luca Guadagnino.

24. Lincoln (2012)
Director: Steven Spielberg.

23. The Image Book (2019)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard.

22. Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
Director: Michael Moore.

21. The Master (2012)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson.

20. Selma (2014)
Director: Ava DuVernay.

19. Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood (2019)
Director: Quentin Tarantino.

18. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Director: Tomas Alfredson.

17. Interstellar (2014)
Director: Christopher Nolan.

16.The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Director: Martin Scorsese.

15. mother! (2017)
Director: Darren Aronofsky.

14. Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche

13. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
Director: Peter Jackson

12. Amour (2012)
Director: Michael Haneke.

11. Roma (2018)
Director: Alfonso Cuaron.

10. A Ghost Story (2017)
Director: David Lowery.

9. A Separation (2011)
Director: Asghar Farhadi.

8. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen.

7. The Revenant (2015)
Director: Alejandro G. Inarritu.

6. Silence (2016)
Director: Martin Scorsese.

5. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

4. Life Itself (2014)
Director: Steve James.

3. Nightcrawler (2014)
Director: Dan Gilroy.

2. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Director: Steve McQueen.

1. The Tree of Life (2011)
Director: Terrence Malick.